Timers & Cooking Computers
Upgrade Existing Appliances & Kitchen Operations
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Turn Appliances into Smart Stations: 
Timers, Compensating Controls & Live Monitoring

Restaurant operators don’t need another complex project—they need practical tools that make today’s team faster, food more consistent, and operations easier to control.

KitchenEssentials modernizes the appliances you already own and powers the smart appliances you buildout next.

For existing kitchens, retrofit Timers, Compensating Cooking Computers, and Refrigeration Monitoring onto mixed-brand appliances to standardize execution, speed training, and cut waste—without replacing equipment.

For new kitchen buildouts, Kitchen Brains co-engineers embedded controls with OEMs so smart appliance capabilities—ship built-in from day one.

Align legacy and new appliances under a common control layer—standardizing operations as you grow.

Resources

Zaxby's Case Study

Multi-Task Management

Cafe Intermezzo Case Study

Temperature Monitoring

Del Taco Case Study

Task Management

Pei Wei Case Study

Built to Brand Custom Control

A&W Case Study

Streamline Process & Training

Optimize Kitchen Operations with Timers, Compensating Cooking Computers & Monitors

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Timers & Cooking Computers
Turn Existing Appliances into Smart Stations

Upgrade the appliances you already own with smart timers and compensating cooking computers to optimize operations and cut waste. 

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Temperature Monitoring Solutions
Safe Guard Staff and Inventory

Kitchen Brains' Modularm systems unify refrigeration and freezer monitoring with long-range connectivity, real-time temperature and safety alerts, and data insights.

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Data Insights & Kitchen Management Systems
Real-Time Ops Intelligence 

KitchenKorrect™ delivers enterprise kitchen data --turning equipment and station signals into dashboards and alerts that lift throughput, consistency, and margin.

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Custom
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Your Brand Engineered Into Your Appliances

Kitchen Brains co-engineers with OEMs to build custom controls that meet enterprise specs. Ask your appliance OEM to integrate Kitchen Brains controls so your smart equipment ships ready.   Ask us about our custom control Design & Engineering.

Decades of kitchen know-how: We solve BoH challenges with proven timers, smart controls, and connectivity.

Labor shortages & high training churn

Timers guide staff step-by-step with labeled, multi-stage countdowns and audible/visual cues. Compensating Cooking Computers automate critical decisions (load, time, temperature) so new staff can produce veteran-level results on day one.

Inconsistent food quality & guest experience

Compensating controls sense real conditions (cold loads, recovery time, oil temp, etc.) and adjust cook profiles automatically. Results: uniform doneness, crispness, and color -- shift-to-shift store-to-store.

Food waste & high costs put pressure on margins

Timers with hold tracking and first-in-first-out prompts reduce waste. Connectivity enables trend insights (what to prep, when to cook), cutting waste at the source.

Compliance, food safety & refrigeration oversight

Refrigeration Monitoring delivers continuous temperature logging, alerts, and audit-ready records. Catch issues before the product is lost and simplify HACCP documentation.

Fragmented equipment & hard-to-manage menus

Upgrade Kits bring older appliances into a connected, centrally managed ecosystem. Update cook programs, push new menus, and standardize procedures fleet-wide—no clipboards required.

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